It gave me a chance to reflect on Dante's analysis of sin more thoroughly, and offer this "demythologized" version of it that I think non-Christians will find interesting, disgusting, and maybe even thrilling. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The abolition of the totalitarian state has demythologized the state and thereby liberated man, as well as politicians and politics. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In a real sense, Obama has been demythologized and demystified, and we hate it when we can see the wizard's feet behind the curtain. ❋ Christopher Cocca (2011)
The story takes place in the milieu of the Near East and this helps tremendously with the creation of sense of wonder and fantastical, since this setting is not nearly as (ab) used, demythologized and banalized as the medieval European setting. ❋ Unknown (2008)
But both Mr. Marshall and Charlene, seated a couple of rows behind him, seem to suffer little remorse as they watch Brooke Astor demythologized. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In demythologized or updated form, the religious perspective offers something important, I believe. ❋ James F. McGrath (2009)
Baldwin has demythologized the man and left the genius bigger than life. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Berger himself makes assertions about what it is "impossible" to accept, apparently unaware that historical critical scholarship is no more widely taken for granted in our time than the post-scientific demythologized perspective of Bultmann p.148. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)
Though thoroughly indoctrinated – what the military terms “motivated” – during basic training/boot camp with a fanciful and unrealistic view of heroism, glory, and war, soldiers, at least soldiers living and dying as warriors, when confronted with the reality and horror of demythologized war, lose, rather quickly, the illusion of flag and country. ❋ Unknown (2007)
But few have made the point as clearly and as cogently as Rudolf Bultmann that if the insight of the Biblical writings depends on accepting a pre-scientific worldview, then no one can be a Christian; on the other hand, it may be that the insights these authors expressed in and through the mythological language of their pre-scientific worldview can be reinterpreted and have meaning in our own context today, having been appropriately demythologized. ❋ James F. McGrath (2007)
